This page highlights notable accomplishments and activities of current students –  including clinic cases, honors, awards, student events, media mentions, books published, fellowships received, and community service.  If you are a current student, we encourage you to submit story ideas and photos for inclusion on this page. If you have recently published an op-ed, were cited or quoted in the media, or published a paper, please tell us about it here. Student prizes are awarded annually.

Ivan Ocon waves the American flag

Veterans Legal Services Clinic client Ivan Ocon returned to the U.S. after being deported to Mexico in 2016. With the clinic's help, he became a U.S. citizen on July 7.

Friday, July 8, 2022

Deported Veteran Now a U.S. Citizen with Clinic’s Help

A deported U.S. Army veteran represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic has returned home and become a U.S. citizen.

Detail of barbed wire

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Report Shows Warring Parties Fail to Provide Reparations to Civilians in Yemen 

A new report by Mwatana for Human Rights and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School finds that warring parties have failed to provide reparations to civilian victims of their international-law violations in Yemen.

MLP students in a seminar room at the Law School.

James Bhandary-Alexander and Emily Rock ’14 lead a Medical-Legal Partnerships class in the spring.

Friday, June 10, 2022

Medical-Legal Partnerships Advocate for Equitable Care

The Medical-Legal Partnerships program at the Law School provided free legal services to more than 350 New Haven clients in 2021 alone.

Rayhan Asat, Alfred Brownell, and Mohammad “Musa” Mahmodi at the 2022 Bernstein Symposium

Panelists at the 2022 Bernstein Symposium — from left, Rayhan Asat, Alfred Brownell, and Mohammad “Musa” Mahmodi — spoke about their experiences as human rights advocates in exile.

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Advocates in Exile: the 2022 Bernstein Symposium

This year's Bernstein Symposium brought together three human rights advocates exiled from their homelands.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Emma Findlen LeBlanc ’24

Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) student fellow Emma Findlen LeBlanc ’24 discusses how her anthropological research in Canada affects her approach to animal law.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

MFIA Welcomes New Student Directors 

Alice Longenbach ’23, Paul Meosky ’23, and Chelsea Thomeer ’23 will serve as the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s student directors this fall.

State Rep. Patrick Callahan, Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll, Ryanne Bamieh ’23, and Reed-Guevara ’23 at the Connecticut State House

State Rep. Patrick Callahan, Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll, Ryanne Bamieh ’23, and Mila Reed-Guevara ’23 are shown at the Connecticut State Capitol for a meeting to discuss the repeal of Connecticut’s incarceration lien, under which the state can claim money from people who have served time in jail and prison. The Liman Center and partners helped pass a law that places limits on the lien.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Liman Center and Coalition Lessen the Harm of Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien Law

The Liman Center and partners helped to change Connecticut's "pay-to-stay" law, which will now have new limits on how the state can claim money from people who have been incarcerated.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Feds: National Guard Members on State Duty Can Join Unions

Associated Press

Rekha Kennedy ’23 is quoted, and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic mentioned, in report about a decision that gives active National Guard members the right to unionize.

American flag on flagpole

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Settlement Confirms National Guard Members in State Status May Unionize

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represented plaintiffs in a case settled on May 17 that allows National Guard members on state active duty to organize and join labor unions.

Among the work of the Tech Accountability & Competition is to address content moderation and hate speech on social media, social media addiction among children and teenagers, and facial recognition and police surveillance.

Monday, May 16, 2022

Start-up Within a Clinic: the Tech Accountability & Competition Project at MFIA

The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Tech Accountability & Competition project is dedicated to reducing the harms caused by the excessive use of power in today’s digital marketplaces.

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